Immediately after Deion Sanders and his Jackson State football team defeated in-state rival Mississippi Valley State two weeks ago before its bye week, the Tigers coach was ecstatic about traveling to Montgomery to face Alabama State for its homecoming.
“I love the fact that we're going to play Alabama State for their homecoming,” Sanders said after the MVSU win. “I love it. Quote me on it. I love it.”
When the two teams clashed at ASU Stadium on Saturday in a clash of SWAC East opponents, it was nothing friendly about the contest.
Earlier this week in the SWAC’s weekly coaches’ news conference, Sanders viewed the opportunity of playing the Hornets as a “money game” in which JSU fans would travel to witness the team compete against the Alabama-based program versus one that was disrespectful to his team as being a homecoming opponent.